re: What has been done in encouraging alternative fuels

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ER — 5/21/2006 12:46:50 AM (archived)

Really, fermenting alcohol from agricultural waste like the Brazilians do makes sense, but growning corn to make alcohol???? Has anyone calculated the energy budget for this? You need energy (lots of it) to make the fertilizer, operate the farm machinery to grow it, pump the irrigation water, dry the grain in silos, transport it. This sounds like pork on an astronomical scale and it may wind up consuming more energy than it yields. I have a very bad feeling about this.

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Imaginary Weapons - ljk - 5/19/2006 5:00:39 PM
- Not just imaginary weapons - SDF - 5/20/2006 1:31:40 PM
  - What has been done in encouraging alternative fuels - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 4:54:38 PM
    - That's still $1.2 billion for a hypothetical physically impossible concept - SDF - 5/22/2006 6:00:29 AM
      - But, ahem, if they want to give away $1.2 billion..... there's all kinds of things I always wanted to buy (n/t) - SDF - 5/23/2006 1:55:01 AM
    - re: What has been done in encouraging alternative fuels - ER - 5/21/2006 12:46:50 AM
      - Ethanol - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 3:43:51 AM
        
        re: Ethanol - ER - 5/21/2006 2:48:34 PM
        
        Discovery - podrock - 5/21/2006 8:40:38 PM
        
        Treasure of the Sierra Madre - ER - 5/21/2006 9:05:03 PM
        
        Reserves - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 3:49:19 PM
        
        re: Reserves - ER - 5/21/2006 8:35:26 PM
        
        re: Reserves - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 11:17:40 PM
        
        re: Reserves - ER - 5/22/2006 12:11:45 AM
        
        Black projects don't seem to be having any budget problems... - ljk - 5/23/2006 7:51:51 PM

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